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· I WILMETT·E LIFE June 29, 1928 Leon Parkhurst Sykes Dies in Hollywood, Cal. LY(lt.,niJ"~I ~~i·l ~ _II ,~.J lrii.~ILII. .JI.:J !~ On All Tires j' During the first three days of July we are offering greatly reduced prices on all tires purchased. You can now obtain a Siberling tire for less than you pay for ordinary tires. Equip your car with Siberling tires NOW and forget there is such a thing as tire trouble. Leon Parkhurst Sykes died , Sunday, June 17 in Hollywood, Cal., after a long illness of heart trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Sykes were spending the winter in California with their son, Sherman Mead Syke~, and expected to retu~n to their home at 825 Lake avenue _ m the spring. Mr. Sykes was born in Pro~ torsville, Vt., in 1849, and came to Chlcago when young. He had been. a resident of Wilmette for twenty-nme years and was engaged in the ~eal estate business with the firm of Whtteside and Wentworth. Mrs. Sykes, his son, a grandson, and a sister. Mrs. E. V. Davis of Oak Park, survive him. BIG FOURTH SPECTACLE TO D!UMJNE STADIUM North End ·Group Will Stage Greatest Pyrotechnic Exhibition · Fourth o{ July festivities will reach their climax in a gi&:antic fi~eworks display at Dyche stadmm, wh1ch t.he North Evanston July Fourth assoc1a·· tion is staging. This group has established a reputation for its shows, but this year, they claim, their display w i 11 surpass any given before. Their en. tire concentration has been on the . Tom Robinaon (Toloff) evening performance which will see elaborate pyrotechnical effects never produced elsewhere. There will be hundreds of animated and set pieces portraying local and national events and characters, and rockets and aerial displays sho~;ing intermittently. Stadium gates will open at 6 P m. and the daylight show which will precede the fireworks will get under way at 7. Before darkness comes there will be daylight fireworks starting at 9 :25 and they will be followed at 9 :40 by large set pieces which will spread in panoramas across the entire stadium. "North Evanston Welcnmes You" will blaze at the outset, and humorous and picturesque set pieces will fo.llow. The comedy of a goose laying .a gold.en egg will be told in fire, endmg wtth a large explosion. The largest North- . western pennant ever seen will ~e eff&.!cted, bearing the seal of . the un!versity, and the \Vil?c.a ts wtll b~ m action. Lindbergh wtll fly the wtdth of the stadium in the Spirit of St. Louis. There will be the Battle of Manila Bay and the tenth anniversary of the Battle of Chateau Thierry will be commemorated in one of the feature set pieces. Buckingham fountain in <?rant park will be produced pyrotechmc~lly for the first time. A zoo of crawltng beasts is planned to entertain th~ chil-. dren especially, and the expl.oston of 10 000 firecrackers at one tlme, the la;gest number ever fired simultaneou;ly. One of the largest. fi:e repli~as of the United States flag wtll provtde the finale for the display. Daylight show even~s to prece.de the fireworks will start wtth rac.es dtrected by the Bureau of Recreation. One hundred bovs and girls between the ages of 8 and 16, will be the contestant3 for gold, silver (!nd bronze medals. Thaviu's band of 30 players will give a concert early in the evening and will play during the intervals between events the rest of the performance. Eighty boys from the~· M. C. A. boys' division will follow wtth a pageantry drill and then a group of clowns, including a trio famous in vaudeville for many years, will entertain the audience. Boy Scouts from all the troops of the city will join in a parade and patriotic exhibition, after which the Drum and Bugle corps of the Evanston Post of the American legion, Cook County champions, will play. There will be further antics by the clowps ami ~umbling by university and Y. M. C. A. acrobats, and then · 150 girls will present the old American dance, the Vkginia ree~ ~s theatlast event before the fireworks start 9 :25. Play Postponed Tennis Matches Sunday, July 1 The inter-club junior tennis matches between the Skokie Country club and the Indian Hill club, scheduled for June 24 and postponed on acc~mnt ?f rain, will he played on the Indtan Htll club courts Sunday afternoon, July 1, at 2 o'clock. There will be two junior boys singles matches, two junior f?irls singles matches. and one mtxed doubles match. K. G. Higgins is the referee. ; I FREE Repairs for one year on all SEIBERLING ALL-TREAD TIRES -purchased at 1 . 1 Nar1erum·s Tire Shop PHONE WILMETTE 3 24 3 WILMETTE 6 21 !I MAIN STREET I' I. Miss Barbara Peirce of West Bedford, Mass., arrived in Wilmette Tuesday for .a week's visit with Miss Betty Marshall of 1040 Elmwood avenue. The girls were c1assmates at Lasell sex:ninary. . -o- · Miss Martha Springer of 724 Forest avenue and Miss Betty Jean Arcus, 726 Wash\ngton avenue, left Monday night to SiJend the summer at Stonehill Camp, in \\1isconsin. ) __ _ I I .· ASSURE YOURSELF of a Safe and Sane 4th of July Trip!! Before starting on your "over the Fourth" trip make sure that the finish of your car is protected against the dust, dirt and grime of the country roads. Simonize your car and be assured that the "paint job" will be as good when you return as when you left. BUY INSURANCE Equip your car with Goodyear tires and you have the best insurance money can buy, against punctures and blow-outs. Motor trouble will often times spoil a whole vacation. Bring your car in and let us make sure that your timing, ignition, oil pump and other necessary parts of the motor are in perfect shape. Faulty brakes are usually the cause of all serious accidents. Let us examine your brakes. Wilmette Motor Sales P. J. SCHAEFER, Prop. 515 Fourth Street Phone Wilmette 636 ·~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . .